octagonal
IPA: ɑktˈægʌnʌɫ
adjective
- (geometry) Shaped like an octagon, in having eight sides and eight angles.
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Examples of "octagonal" in Sentences
- Daoud recalled the octagonal shape of Castello Lucera's central tower.
- “My fellow redeemed,” he begins, standing at a raised octagonal pulpit.
- I went on up the street to the end, where it came to some kind of octagonal plaza.
- Traditionally, the bread is baked in octagonal or hexagonal pans, but just about any shape or size can be used.
- He points out that these structures were called octagonal water towers even though the actual water tank inside was cylindrical.
- Books had been piling up in there, and there's a lot of funky space in our bathroom (It's kind of octagonal) that doesn't get used.
- The spire of its fellow on the north can scarcely be called octagonal; it is square, with the angles only slightly cut down, and with slight splaying at its base.
- The now-unmistakable octagonal red sign instructing motorists in white letters to STOP was adopted throughout the United States in 1954, just in time for a new generation of fast, powerful American cars.
- The sanctuary mirrors the octagonal shape of the building itself, and five sections of pews, each five to eight rows deep, face the center, where an octagonal altar stands beneath an enormous suspended crucifix.
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